What does deal board mean?

deal board

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.98 in modern English

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"Some Houses were, indeed, entirely lock'd up, the Doors padlocked, the Windows and Doors having Deal-Boards nail'd over them, and only the Inspection of them committed to the ordinary Watchmen and Parish Oficers […]."
"[T]hey were very much surprized to find, upon inquiry, that Pallet could not swim, it being as natural for a Dutchman, as a deal-board,to float upon the surface."

deal boards (plural)

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